On Cinema
Acting his age
What happens to film franchises when action heroes age?
We don’t need another (super)hero
The shrinking world of the superhero franchise film.
The wild north
On screen savage battles, middle-aged villains, decline and disease are reviewed by Robert Hutton
Into thin Air
A pro-capitalist cinematic curiosity
Killer roles
The Dungeons & Dragons romp-com
Taking flight
Why planes make such a great setting for films
The human subject
Tár is a film of moving ambiguities
Romcom revival
Making romcoms modern: plausible obstacles to happiness and a broadening of vision
Animation grows up
Jibaro is an artistic triumph
A hellhole Noël
Stalag 17 followed by Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life is an ideal festive double-bill